Events
November 2016
Ongoing
Ongoing
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11/1
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2016
1:00pm
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CCHF Virtual Merck Lecture Series
Merck Process Chemistry: Discovery and Development of Innovative Synthetic Methods to Drive Best Chemistry
Rebecca T. Ruck,
Dr., Ph.D., Director, Process Chemistry,
Merck Process Research and Development,
Merck & Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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CCHF Virtual Merck Lecture Series
Merck Milestones in Chemistry: Medicine through Inspired Science
Michael H. Kress,
Dr., Ph.D., Vice President,
Merck Process Research and Development,
Merck & Company, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Current Progress in Density Functional Theories
Donald G. Truhlar,
Regents Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Minnesota,
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Research talks from Resnick Graduate Research Fellow Adam Subhas & Resnick Postdoctoral Scholar Michael Haibach
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The oscillating fringe and paleo-intensity of the East Asian monsoon reconstructed using closed-basin lake-area and dDwax
Yonaton Goldsmith,
Graduate Student,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences ,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Heat Under the Microscope
Austin Minnich,
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics,
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Caltech,
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Function and dysfunction of nuclear envelope proteins: mechanisms of protein quality control and cholesterol metabolism
Christian Schlieker,
Associate Professor,
Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, and Department of Cell Biology,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Engineered biosynthesis of functionalized natural products
Wenjun Zhang,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley,
Friday, November 4th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Diversity in Chemistry Initiative Seminar
A Saga of Death, Destruction, and Rebirth: The Role of Iron-Sulfur Clusters in the Biosynthesis of Lipoic Acid
Squire Booker,
HHMI Investigator and Prof of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Pennsylvania State University,
1:10pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, November 7th, 2016
9:00am
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9:00am
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Nanotechnology Meets Mechanobiology
Young-wook Jun,
Associate Professor, Programs in Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Department of Otolaryngology,
University of California, San Francisco,
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Balancing Carbon by the Gigaton in Soils and Seas: Can Ecosystems be Restored while Ensuring Global Food Security?
Brian von Herzen,
Executive Director,
The Climate Foundation,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Plasmonic Metal Oxide Nanocrystals
Delia Milliron,
Associate Professor, Fellow of the Henry Beckman Professorship, Fellow of the Frank A. Liddell, Jr., Fellowship in Chemical Engineering,
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering ,
University of Texas, Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Shredding Light on Chemistry
Javier Read de Alaniz,
Associate Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
Thursday, November 10th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Yapeng Su,
Graduate Student, Heath Research Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Nanocrystal electrochromic smart windows
Delia Milliron,
Associate Professor; Fellow of the Henry Beckman Professorship; Fellow of the Frank A. Liddell, Jr. Centennial Fellowship in Chemical Engineering,
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering,
The University of Texas at Austin,
Friday, November 11th, 2016
11:40am
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Cannabinoid-Induced Actomyosin Contraction Shapes Neuronal Structure and Connectivity at Multiple Spatiotemporal
Zsolt Lenkei,
INSERM Research Director,
ESPCI Paris-Tech,
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
9:00am
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation without a role for ocean circulation
Amy Clement,
Professor,
Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Miami,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Rapid Acquisition of 3D Data at the Mesoscale for Structural and Functional Materials
Tresa M. Pollock,
Alcoa Professor of Materials and Department Chair of Materials Science,
Materials Department,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
8:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Dan Piraner,
Graduate Student, Shapiro Research Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Building Structural Complexity via Tandem Catalytic Transformations: Total Syntheses of Bioactive Macrolides and Terpenes
Mingji Dai,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Purdue University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Novel membrane anchoring mechanism for archaeal surface proteins
Mechthild Pohlschroder,
Professor of Biology,
Department of Biology,
University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, November 18th, 2016
9:30am
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10:30am
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PhD Seminar
Constant Stress and Pressure Rheology of Dense Colloidal Suspensions
Mu Wang,
graduate student,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, November 21st, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Cation-Responsive Pincer-Crown Ether Complexes for Tunable Catalysis
Alexander Miller,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
Thursday, November 24th, 2016
8:00am
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11/25
5:00pm
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Monday, November 28th, 2016
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Systems Biology Adventures in Brain Wiring and Drug Discovery
Steve Altschuler & Lani Wu ,
Professor,
Pharmaceutical Chemistry,
University of California, San Francisco,
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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CCHF Virtual Merck Lecture Series
Enabling High-throughput Experimentation through High-throughput Analysis
Yun Mao,
Dr., Ph.D., Director,
Analytical Research and Development, Merck Research Laboratories,
Merck & Company, Inc.,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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CCHF Virtual Merck Lecture Series
High-throughput Experimentation for Chemists: Rationally Designed Large Arrays of Experiments for Solving Complex Chemical Problems
Michael Shelvin,
Associate Principal Scientist,
Catalysis Laboratory, Department of Process Research and Development,
Merck & Company, Inc.,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Aqueous Flow Through Two-Dimensional Crystals
Joel Eaves,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Scaling plant fluorescence from the leaf to the satellite: Towards global mapping of terrestrial photosynthesis?
Troy Magney,
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Elasticity and Thermodynamics of Metallic Liquids, Glasses, and Crystals
William L. Johnson,
Ruben F. and Donna Mettler Professor of Engineering and Applied Science,
Applied Physics and Materials Science Department,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Organic Synthesis
Robert R. Knowles,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Princeton University,